COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP /DE/
Business
COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP /DE/ designs, manufactures and supports critical communications technology and solutions for government, defense, public safety and commercial customers. It offers satellite ground infrastructure (modems, amplifiers, frequency converters), troposcatter systems, space components and antennas, cybersecurity training, NG-911 infrastructure, call-handling, location and messaging services. The company operates through two reportable segments: Satellite and Space Communications and Allerium (public safety and location technologies). It sells domestically and internationally to U.S. federal, state and local governments, defense contractors, mobile network operators and commercial integrators via direct and indirect channels.
Summary from filing dated 2025-11-10
Financials
Consolidated Statement of Income
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-07-31 | FY 2024 2024-07-31 | FY 2023 2023-07-31 | FY 2022 2022-07-31 | FY 2021 2021-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net sales | 500 | 540 | 550 | 486 | 582 | |
| Cost of sales | 372 | 383 | 366 | 306 | 368 | |
| Gross profit | 128 | 157 | 184 | 180 | 214 | |
| Selling, general and administrative | 143 | 123 | 120 | 115 | 112 | |
| Research and development | 17 | 24 | 49 | 53 | 49 | |
| Amortization of intangibles | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | |
| Impairment of long-lived assets, including goodwill | 80 | 65 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| CEO transition costs | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 0 | |
| Loss on business divestiture | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Proxy solicitation costs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Total operating expenses | 267 | 237 | 199 | 214 | 282 | |
| Operating loss | −139 | −80 | −15 | −34 | −68 | |
| Interest expense | 46 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 7 | |
| Interest (income) and other | 155,000 | 678,000 | 1 | −703,000 | −139,000 | |
| Write-off of deferred financing costs and debt discounts | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Change in fair value of warrants and derivatives | −38 | −4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Loss before benefit from income taxes | −155 | −100 | −31 | −37 | −75 | |
| Income Tax Expense (Benefit) | −80,000 | −295,000 | −4 | −4 | −2 | |
| Net loss | −155 | −100 | −27 | −33 | −73 | |
| Gain (loss) on extinguishment of convertible preferred stock | 51 | −20 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Dividend on convertible preferred stock | −100 | −12 | −7 | −5 | 0 | |
| Convertible preferred stock issuance costs | 0 | −4 | 0 | −4 | 0 | |
| Net loss attributable to common stockholders | −204 | −135 | −34 | −43 | −73 | |
| Basic (in dollars per share) | −6.95 | −4.7 | −1.21 | −1.63 | −2.86 | |
| Diluted (in dollars per share) | −6.95 | −4.7 | −1.21 | −1.63 | −2.86 | |
| Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - basic (in shares) | 29 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | |
| Weighted average number of common and common equivalent shares outstanding - diluted (in shares) | 29 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 |
Consolidated Balance Sheet
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-07-31 | FY 2024 2024-07-31 | FY 2023 2023-07-31 | FY 2022 2022-07-31 | FY 2021 2021-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and cash equivalents | 40 | 32 | 19 | 22 | 31 | |
| Accounts receivable, net | 145 | 196 | 163 | 124 | 158 | |
| Inventories, net | 69 | 93 | 106 | 96 | 80 | |
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 16 | 15 | 18 | 22 | 18 | |
| Total current assets | 270 | 337 | 305 | 263 | 287 | |
| Property, plant and equipment, net | 43 | 47 | 53 | 50 | 35 | |
| Operating lease right-of-use assets, net | 31 | 32 | 44 | 50 | 44 | |
| Goodwill | 205 | 284 | 348 | 348 | 348 | |
| Intangibles with finite lives, net | 173 | 195 | 226 | 247 | 269 | |
| Deferred financing costs, net | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Other assets, net | 17 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 8 | |
| Total assets | 741 | 912 | 996 | 974 | 993 | |
| Accounts payable | 26 | 42 | 64 | 45 | 36 | |
| Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 58 | 62 | 67 | 73 | 90 | |
| Current portion of credit facility, net | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | |
| Operating lease liabilities, current | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | |
| Contract liabilities | 63 | 66 | 66 | 65 | 66 | |
| Interest payable | 15,000 | 1 | 1 | 172,000 | 195,000 | |
| Total current liabilities | 158 | 184 | 212 | 193 | 204 | |
| Non-current portion of credit facility, net | 114 | 174 | — | — | — | |
| Non-current portion of subordinated credit facility, net | 96 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Operating lease liabilities, non-current | 29 | 30 | 42 | 44 | 40 | |
| Income taxes payable, non-current | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
| Deferred tax liability, net | 5 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 21 | |
| Long-term contract liabilities | 21 | 21 | 18 | 10 | 10 | |
| Warrant and derivative liabilities | 18 | 5 | — | — | — | |
| Other liabilities | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | |
| Total liabilities | 447 | 426 | 446 | 403 | 492 | |
| Commitments and contingencies (See Note 14) | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Convertible preferred stock, par value $0.10 per share; authorized and issued 178,181 shares at July 31, 2025 (redemption value of $204,153,000, which includes accrued dividends of $1,520,000) and authorized and issued 171,827 shares at July 31, 2024 (redemption value of $180,076,000, which includes accrued dividends of $1,341,000) | 190 | 180 | 112 | 105 | — | |
| Preferred stock, par value $0.10 per share; authorized and unissued 1,821,819 and 1,828,173 shares at July 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Common stock, par value $0.10 per share; authorized 100,000,000 shares; issued 44,443,626 shares and 43,766,109 shares at July 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| Additional paid-in capital | 549 | 640 | 637 | 625 | 605 | |
| Retained (deficit) earnings | −7 | 104 | 239 | 279 | 333 | |
| Stockholders' equity before treasury stock | 546 | 748 | 880 | 908 | 943 | |
| Treasury stock, at cost (15,033,317 shares at July 31, 2025 and 2024) | −442 | −442 | −442 | −442 | −442 | |
| Total stockholders equity | 104 | 306 | 438 | 467 | 501 | |
| Total liabilities, convertible preferred stock and stockholders equity | 741 | 912 | 996 | 974 | 993 |
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
| Concept | Trend | FY 2025 2025-07-31 | FY 2024 2024-07-31 | FY 2023 2023-07-31 | FY 2022 2022-07-31 | FY 2021 2021-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation and amortization of property, plant and equipment | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | |
| Amortization of stock-based compensation | 3 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 10 | |
| Amortization of deferred financing costs and debt discount related to credit facility | 5 | 4 | 2 | 811,000 | 736,000 | |
| Amortization of Costs to Fulfill Assets | 261,000 | 960,000 | 959,000 | 469,000 | 0 | |
| CEO transition costs related to equity-classified stock-based awards | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | |
| Change in fair value of convertible preferred stock purchase option liability | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Paid-in-kind interest under term loan | 6 | 337,000 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Amortization of deferred financing costs, debt discount and accreted interest related to subordinated credit facility | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Changes in other liabilities | 0 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −7 | |
| Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment | 310,000 | 889,000 | 48,000 | −310,000 | 215,000 | |
| Provision for allowance for doubtful accounts and contract assets | 18 | 1 | 261,000 | 838,000 | −18,000 | |
| Provision for excess and obsolete inventory | 16 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | |
| Deferred income tax benefit | −2 | −3 | −6 | −6 | −3 | |
| Accounts receivable | 33 | −38 | −40 | 34 | −31 | |
| Inventories | 8 | −8 | −15 | −20 | −2 | |
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | −1 | 4 | 2 | −3 | −265,000 | |
| Other assets | −2 | −717,000 | −3 | −7 | −4 | |
| Accounts payable | −15 | −19 | 20 | 7 | 11 | |
| Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | −9 | 755,000 | 671,000 | −11 | −8 | |
| Contract liabilities | −3 | 3 | 10 | −1 | 25 | |
| Other liabilities, non-current | −12,000 | 14,000 | −324,000 | −4 | 4 | |
| Interest payable | −1 | −296,000 | 1 | −22,000 | 32,000 | |
| Income taxes payable | −380,000 | −2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | |
| Net cash used in operating activities | −8 | −54 | −4 | 2 | −41 | |
| Purchases of property, plant and equipment | −9 | −13 | −18 | −20 | −16 | |
| Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities | −9 | 20 | −18 | −20 | −15 | |
| Proceeds from subordinated credit facility | 100 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Contribution for constructing long-lived assets | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Proceeds from term loan | 0 | 157 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Repayment of term loan | 57 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Net (payments) borrowings under revolving loans | −15 | −85 | 37 | −71 | 52 | |
| Payment of deferred financing costs and debt discount | −5 | −10 | −4 | −140,000 | −30,000 | |
| Proceeds from issuance of convertible preferred stock | 0 | 43 | 0 | 100 | 0 | |
| Payment of convertible preferred stock issuance costs and fees | −726,000 | −4 | 0 | — | — | |
| Cash dividends paid on common stock | −158,000 | −268,000 | −9 | −11 | −10 | |
| Remittance of employees' statutory tax withholding for stock awards | −1 | −4 | −3 | −6 | −3 | |
| Proceeds from issuance of employee stock purchase plan shares | 118,000 | 254,000 | 470,000 | 734,000 | 809,000 | |
| Repayment of principal amounts under finance lease and other obligations | 0 | 0 | −4,000 | −15,000 | −38,000 | |
| Net cash provided by financing activities | 24 | 48 | 20 | 8 | 39 | |
| Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | 8 | 13 | −3 | −9 | −17 | |
| Interest | 28 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 6 | |
| Income taxes, net | 2 | 5 | 361,000 | 3 | −1 | |
| Adjustment to reflect redemption value of convertible preferred stock | 96 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 0 | |
| Term loan amendment fees paid-in-kind | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Accrued term loan amendment fee | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| Accrued additions to property, plant and equipment | 317,000 | 961,000 | 993,000 | 6 | 2 | |
| Issuance of restricted stock | 6,000 | 0 | 9,000 | 13,000 | 4,000 | |
| Accrued remittance of employees' statutory tax withholdings for fully-vested share units | 3,000 | 424,000 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Cash dividends declared on common stock but unpaid, including (reversal) accrual of dividend equivalents | −42,000 | −107,000 | 315,000 | 3 | 3 | |
| Accrued deferred financing costs | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 139,000 | |
| Accrued shelf registration costs | 0 | 170,000 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Unpaid convertible preferred stock issuance costs | 0 | 77,000 | 0 | 0 | — |